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Bibliography

The chief documentary sources of the information contained in this volume are:

Wartimes files held by the Prime Minister's Department and RNZAF Headquarters, Wellington.

Intelligence bulletins issued by United States and RNZAF formations in the South Pacific.

The despatches of Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, Lieutenant-General A. E. Percival, and Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby on operations in Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies, 1941–42.

Operations record books of RNZAF units and formations in the South Pacific.

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Narratives prepared by J. D. Carmichael, B. G. Clare, F. A. Ponton, and D. J. Rutherford and held by the War History Branch of the Department of Internal Affairs.

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